Download or read book Sisu written by Joanna Nylund and published by Gaia. This book was released on 2018-02-08 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the Finnish quality of sisu and how cultivating it can help you lead a life of greater purpose and happiness. This ancient Finnish word describes an attitude of courage, resilience, grit, tenacity and perseverance. This key psychological competence enables extraordinary action in times of adversity. To have sisu confers a further dimension of doing so with honesty, integrity and humility. By cultivating sisu you can: Face life's challenges with courage and determination Enhance your wellbeing and find your focus Communicate confidently and resolve conflicts effectively Cultivate endurance and achieve your fitness goals Raise kind and resilient children Act with integrity and fight for what you believe in Sisu is a universal trait. It may have been bottled and labelled by the Finns, but it is within reach of everyone. It lies within you, and you are very likely to have used it already.
Download or read book Stories of Finnish Art written by and published by . This book was released on 2016-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ateneum Art Museum--the most frequently visited museum in the country--holds Finland's oldest and largest art collection. This new beautifully illustrated book looks at the collection through a social lens, addressing how historical and political events have influenced art and artists as well as museum work and acquisitions for the collection. Starting with the year 1809, the storylines run through to the seventies. In addition, it covers the story of the Ateneum building itself as the center of the Finnish art scene for the last 127 years, not only the home of collections but also of two significant art schools. The catalogue offers readers sixteen newly commissioned thematic articles written by museum specialists along with five short stories by contemporary Finnish author. (English edition ISBN 978-3-7757-4135-4; Swedish edition ISBN 978-3-7757-4136-1) Exhibition: Ateneum / Finnish National Gallery, New opening: 14.3.2016
Download or read book Great Paintings written by Karen Hosack Janes and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-09-19 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Great Paintings is a sumptuous, visual guided tour of 66 of the world's greatest paintings. Ranging from works by Zhang Zeduan, a 12th-century Chinese master, to modern masterpieces by Rothko and Anselm Kiefer, the paintings are arranged chronologically, providing an excellent visual introduction to the history of art. The book starts with how to "read" a painting. Annotated paintings show how to identify the key elements of a picture. The major part of the book is a magnificent visual gallery of iconic paintings. The story behind each painting is fully explained, unlocking the often hidden meanings of symbols and details. Each painting is then analyzed visually, using pull-out details and overlays, to help the reader understand the key features, composition, and techniques. Artists' biographies and features on historical and social context explore how landmark paintings have been influenced by what has gone before and how they go on to inspire what comes after them. Reading Great Paintings is like being taken around a gallery by a personal guide who helps you to look at paintings-both familiar and new-in fresh and fascinating ways. Understanding paintings has never been so easy. Contents (provisional list of paintings) PRELIMS INTRODUCTION: LOOKING AT ART PREHISTORY TO 15TH CENTURY 1. Quingming Riverside, Zhang Zeduan (Chinese) 2. Lamentation of Christ, Giotto (Italian) 3. The Madonna Enthroned, Duccio di Buoninsegna (Italian) 4. The Annunciation, Fra Angelico (Italian) 5. The Arnolfini Portrait, Jan van Eyck (Flemish) 6. The Baptism of Christ, Piero della Francesca (Italian) 7. The Hunt in the Forest, Paolo Uccello (Italian) 8. Birth of Venus, Sandro Botticelli (Italian) 16TH CENTURY 9. The Garden of Earthly Delights, Hieronymus Bosch (Netherlandish) 10. Great Piece of Turf, Albrecht Du ̈rer (German) 11. Mona Lisa, Leonard da Vinci, (Italian) 12. The School of Athens, Raphael, (Italian) 13. The Sistine Chapel Ceiling, Michelangelo, (Italian) 14. Bacchus and Ariadne, Titian, (Italian) 15. The Ambassadors, Hans Holbein the Younger (German) 16. Spring Morning in the Han Palace, Qiu Ying (Chinese) 17. The Peasant Wedding, Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Netherlandish) 18. Spring, Giuseppe Arcimboldo, (Italian) 19. Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons, Kano Eitoku ( Japanese) 20. Akhbar Tames the Savage Elephant, Hawa'l, Basawan and Chatai (Indian) 17TH CENTURY 21. David with the Head of Goliath, Caravaggio (Italian) 22. Self Portrait as "La Pittura", Artemisia Gentileschi (Italian) 23. The Judgement of Paris, Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish) 24. Charles I on Horseback, Anthony van Dyck (Flemish) 25. Portrait of Rembrandt, Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch) 26. Las Meninas, Diego Velásquez (Spanish) 27. The Art of Painting (The Artist's Studio), Johannes Vermeer (Dutch) 18TH CENTURY 28. Still Life with Flowers and Fruit, Jan van Huysum (Dutch) 29. Marriage a la Mode: The Toilette, William Hogarth (British) 30. Mr and Mrs Andrews, Thomas Gainsborough, (British) 31. Allegory of the Planets and Continents, Giambattista Tiepolo (Italian) 32. Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump, Joseph Wright of Derby (British) 33. The Death of Marat Jacques-Louis David (French) 19TH CENTURY 34. The Valpinçon Bather, Jean-Auguste Dominique Ingres (French) 35. The Third of May 1808, Francisco de Goya (Spanish) 36. The Wanderer above the Sea of Fog, Casper David Friedrich (German) (with inset: The Great Wave off Kanagawa, Hokusai (Japanese) 37. The Hay Wain, John Constable (British) 38. The Fighting Temeraire, J.M.W. Turner (British) 39. The Artist's Studio, Gustave Courbet (French) 40. The Gleaners, Jean-François Millet (French) 41. Olympia, Édouard Manet (French) 42. Arrangement in Grey and Black: The Artist's Mother, James McNeill Whistler (American) 43. The Dancing Class, Edgar Degas, (French) 44. Van Gogh's Chair, Van Gogh (Dutch) 45. La Grande Jatte, Georges Seurat (French) 46. The Child's Bath, Mary Cassatt (American) 47. Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?, Paul Gauguin (French) 48. The Bathers, Paul Cézanne (French) 49. The Waterlily Pond, Claude Monet (French) 50. Lake Keitele, Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish) 20TH CENTURY 51. The Kiss, Gustav Klimt (Austrian) 52. Composition VII, Wassily Kandinsky (Russian) 53. Berlin Street Scene, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German) 54. Northern River, Tom Thomson (Canadian) 55. Red Canna, Georgia O'Keefe (American) 56. Composition II in Red, Blue and Yellow, Piet Mondrian (Dutch) 57. Metamorphosis of Narcissus, Salvador Dali (Spanish) 58. Guernica, Pablo Picasso (Spanish) 59. Nighthawks, Edward Hopper, (American) 60. Without Hope, Frida Kahlo (Mexican) (with insert: The Scream, Edvard Munch 61. Autumn Rhythm, Jackson Pollock (American) 62. Untitled, Mark Rothko (American) 63. Marilyn, Andy Warhol (American) 64. To a Summer's Day, Bridget Riley (British) 65. The Dance, Paula Rego (Portuguese) 66. Athanor, Anselm Kiefer (German) GLOSSARY INDEX AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Download or read book Modern Finnish Painting and Graphic Art written by John Boulton Smith and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Finland written by Titus Hjelm and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-08-15 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finland was part of Sweden until 1809, it then became a Grand Duchy of the Russian Empire until it declared its independence on December 6, 1917. From these humble beginnings, Finland has emerged as an important player in the European Union and the world. Historical Dictionary of Finland, Third Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 300 cross-referenced entries on important personalities as well as aspects of the country’s politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Finland.
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